He Who Rules By Moral Force Is

The Superior Man, When Resting In Safety, Does Not Forget That Danger May Come. When In A State Of Security He Does Not Forget The Possibility Of Ruin. When All Is Orderly, He Does Not Forget That Disorder May Come. Thus His Person Is Not Endangered, And His States And All Their Clans Are Preserved.

The Superior Man Sets His Person At Rest Before He Moves; He Composes His Mind Before He Speaks.

The Gods Cannot Help Those Who Do Not Seize Opportunities.

The Way Of Heaven And Earth May Be Completely Declared In One Sentence: They Are Without Any Doubleness, And So They Produce Things In A Manner That Is Unfathomable.

From The Son Of Heaven Down To The Mass Of The People, All Must Consider The Cultivation Of The Person The Root Of Everything Besides.